Writing Center Tutoring Sessions

“Maybe in a perfect world, all writers would have their own ready auditor: a teacher, a classmate, a roommate, or an editor who would not only listen but draw them out, ask them questions they would not ask themselves.”

- Stephen North in “The Idea of a Writing Center”

Have you ever wished you had someone who would read your paper, listen to your ideas, and help you express yourself? Now you do!

Our staff offers assistance with writing across the curriculum, including, but not limited to, expository writing, creative writing, personal writing, and any other form of written expression. In the Shasta College Writing Center, a student can try out ideas and writing strategies while receiving immediate feedback. Tutoring appointments are highly interactive. Trained in the process of inquiry and collaboration, our tutors will work along with you at any stage of your writing such as:

* fighting writer’s block
* focusing on a topic
* brainstorming
* developing and supporting a thesis
* outlining and organizing
* revising for clarity
* editing the finished draft
* revising a graded writing assignment

Our goal is to help you become a better writer by assisting you in understanding your specific rhetorical situations and how they shift from discipline to discipline. In addition, through the process of inquiry and collaboration, our tutors are able to guide you in learning how to critique and revise your own writing.  The atmosphere in our tutoring sessions is one of productive collaboration.

What we won’t do for you!
* Correct your paper
* Impose our ideas on you
* Put your ideas into our words
* Guarantee a good grade on your paper

How can I arrange for a tutoring session?
Anyone wanting help with writing can drop in at the center for a session; if a tutor is available, you can get started on the next half hour! Or, you can first make an appointment -- either by telephone (242-7589) or by stopping by the Writing Center (Room 208 in the Shasta College LRC/Library).  Appointments are usually one-half hour. For longer papers, five pages or more, we schedule appointments for at least one hour. It is usually helpful to make several appointments throughout the writing process.

All tutoring is FREE!

Who can benefit from being tutored in the writing process?
· Inexperienced writers who need help making the transition to college-level writing
· Any writer who values having a sensitive and helpful reader
· Writers who have a particular concern about their work
· Students for whom English is a second language 

Tutoring for Extended Education Students
The Shasta College Writing Center offers tutoring via telephone to students from any Extended Education site in the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity area: Burney, Red Bluff, Corning, Hayfork, and Weaverville. This tutoring is performed via telephone and fax or email. The same service is offered to on-line students also.  First, schedule an appointment by coming in to the Writing Center at Shasta College or call us at 242-7589 from any of the Extended Education Sites we serve. All telephone appointments will be scheduled for one hour in length.  Second, fax (225-3945) or email (youwriteright@shastacollege.edu) your essay to the Writing Center. Remember, you must schedule an appointment before emailing or faxing your paper.

As with all of our tutoring sessions, we will tutor students in any phase or area of writing.

Shasta College Writing Center
11555 Old Oregon Trail
Redding, CA 96049
(530) 242-7589
youwriteright@shastacollege.edu